Forts in f"ch places as they should deem moil proper, and vrliich would in the mean time enable the executive to pre fers the neutrality- embraced by the United States, and' protest the haibors ot" the Suic from ir.i.Jt. In January last I received a letter from Gov-,T Morltne of South-Carolina, in whicli he informs me that no commillion ers could pofiibly proceed from that state to meet the commissioners of the state o: North-Carolina to extend the boundary line between the two states, until they can meet on more equal ground, as tire act of AOfcmbly prohibits the commiflioners of this state from infringing the 25 Sec: of the bill of rights, which exprefdy fays in what manner the boundary line between the two uatrs-tefrbe aicertained. He liewife allures me that the legislature of ' jjouth-Carolina ardently wifties all differ ences between the two states to be fettled in an amicable manner, and for this pur poie will appoint commiflioners to fettle every dispute refpe&ing territory so soon as this state fnall appoint commissioners with fuil powers to discuss and &ttle the claims of each state, at the lame time he refers me to some proceedings on this head between the then two provinces in the jear 1771 and 1772. The papers which f,e refers to I have not been able to re ceive any information upon from the se cretary's office, as the secretary informs nie that he had made a thorough learch and could not find them. On receiving information of the extent and fatality of the pestilential fever which prevailed in the city of Philadelphia, and fcarino- from the intercourse between this state and that city, that the disease might be brought in and spread among the citi zens of this llate, unless force iteps were taken to prevent k : I thought proper to ilfue a Proclamation requiring the persons veiled bv law with powers to prevent the introduction of infectious diseases, to pur ine such measures as might most effectually prevent the fame. Fnom the resolutions which the inhabi tants of fume of the sea port towns thought it was neccflary to enter into to prevent the introduction of the disease, it appears that the law for that purpose was defective and did not fully ar.fyer the pufpofe for which it was intended. I would there fore wish to call the attention of the legis lature to that law, that it might be so amended as effectually to prevent the in troduction of infectious diseases into this Itate. The comrniffioners for fettling the ac counts of the respective states, with the United States have made their report to the President, I have not as yet received a co py of it, nor has it been made public, I presume the President intends laying it in the firft instance before the Congrefc, af ter which copies will be forwarded to the different states. By the advice of the council of state, I appointed and commissioned John Hay wood Esq. one of the Judges of the su preme court p rot em. in the room of Judge Spencer deceased. In the month of Au gust 1 received a letter from him declining at that time the acceptance of that ap pointment, it was then so late that the council could not be called so as to make another appointment, soon enough for the pcrfon appointed to go the circuit, I there fore declined calling them. They like wise advised me to appoint and commiifion j Col. William Waters Brigadier General pro {em. for the diftrift of HOlfborough, which appointment had become vacant by General Mebane's having been elected and commissioned one of the representatives from this state to the Congress of the United States. CoL Waters has accepted of the appointment. I do myfelf the honor to lay before you, a letter from the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Maffachufetu, respecting a suit commenced in the supreme court of the United States, by an individual against that state, the speech of the late Governor Hancock to the general court of Ma(Ta chuletts, and their proceedings on that fub jeft. Having received information that some threats were thrown out by the crew of the privateer that they would by force the roonev out of the marihall s hands, I thought it expedient to give orders to Major Wright, that if he thought it was probable that such an occurrence might take place, or if the marfoall lhould call upon him for one, to order out a guard for its protectiou —and also wrote to the marshall that if he thought it neceflary he lhould apply to Major Wright for a guard. My private secretary will lay before you the public dispatches received in the course of the year, the letter book and the jour ftate, likewise two copies of the laws palled at the lail session of Congress and two co pies of the Journals of the Senate and House of Repretentativs of the United Spates. have the honor to be with refpeel, Gentlemen, Your uaoft obedient Servant, RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT. FayetteviUe, Dec. 4, 1793- From a PeterJbur S b Paper, (repMJhed Ij rrqucjl) North-Carolina, Dec. 15th, 1793 Mr. Prsntis, Your paper of the 6th December, 1793, No. 428, contains a publication styled, « An examination into the late proceed- ings in Congress respecting the official conduit of the Secretary of the Treasury." The writer of that paper is either an angry man destitute of candor and inform ation, or some speculator in the funds, who has adopted this base method of di verting the censure of the public from his own character. If he had wished to avoid this imputa tion, in mentioning that Mr. S—dg—k, h2d brought forward early in the la.t sessi on, a bill to authorize a loan of two mil lions of dollars, &c. for the payments to the Bank ; he would have added, that Mr. St le of North-Carolina moved to strike out the whole section on the principle that loans had been attended with the molt pernicious consequences. And that though the motion to strike out failed, it brought on a debate which terminated in giving the bill an entire new shape. I never in my own name, or any other name, held a ferthing in the funds, or Bank Stocks in the United States, nor did I ever hare a note discounted at any j Bank in the United States, and I defy vour dastardly fcribler to prove his alTer- tion, At some times it would be treating such publications with too much respeCt to no tice them, at other times silence would seem to give credit and currency to their falflroods. I am therefore constrained in juftification to myfelf, to fay that your pa ragraphs is a Liar, and I call upon you to publish this letter to (hew my detesta tion of such calumniators. The felfity of his charge against me, wOl I hope, induce liberal minded people to fufpcnd their censure of other charac ters, who in all probability, are as innocent as mvfelf. JOHN STEELE. For the GjztTTE of the United States. Mr. Fenno, YOUR British apologist either hlinded by zeal for his favorite nation, or deeming himfelf secure from his anonymous posi tion; has ventured to brave the p»blic with another communication, evidently calculated to misrepresent and deceive. After noticing the guarantee of Great Britain to the truce between Portugal and Algiers, which had been suggested as one evidence ofher agency in making the truce he endeavours to evade the force of that evidence by the following assertions: " But it is known that the latter fafk comes from the fame source as the former, afource which is not only queJTvmatle, but which derived its information from doubt fid authority—whereas the intelligence of a contradiSory nature is not only more recent, but comes from higher authority, and de nies the agency of tbat'juition or the guar antee." Tbefe assertions are deceptive and in correct in the following particulars. The intelligence of a contradiaory nature, reli ed upon by him, is not more recent, than the intelligence which he reje&s. The intelligence relied upon, bears date the 7th of October 1793. The intelligence rejected, bears date the 12th, and is con firmed the 2 ift and 22dof thefame month. The intelligence relied upon, docs not de ny the agency of Great Britain poflively, nor the guarantee i:1 any degree, it states that Jlrong reasons induce the writer to be lieve, that Great Britain had no agency in making the truce. It fays nothing of the guarantee. The chief circumstance from which this belief is inferred, is, that the person said to have concluded the treaty, was not sup- I posed at that time to hare been in the Bri- tilh fervire, the reason zCgned is, that he had not for a considerable time received any inftruftions from the BritifK court. Hs had however been in the Britiih service for iome time proceeding the truce, and was then relident in Algier*. He must have been employed by some power, be cause thro' his agency the truce has taken effect, and it is no where alerted that he was employed by Portugal. This belief therefore at best is founded | upon fuppofititiouscircumilances,